Research and Educational Publications from Shoals Marine Laboratory
This list includes publications based on work conducted at the Isles of Shoals using facilities and vessels of Shoal Marine Laboratory. This list is ordered by publication year, then alphabetically by last name. Some publications include SML contribution numbers in their acknowledgments. Contribution numbers will be assigned after a paper is accepted for publication. To obtain an SML contribution number, email shoals.lab@unh.edu. In addition, the UNH library houses special Isles of Shoals and marine laboratory collections.
Asterisks (*) denote an author who was an REU, RIFS, or other undergraduate researcher at SML.
Scroll to bottom for Undergraduate, Masters, and Ph.D. theses conducted at Shoals Marine Laboratory.
Undergraduate Honors Theses resulting from SML REU and RIFS Research
Brown, E. 2001. The role of food availability in determining the distribution and abundance of the sea star (Asterias vulgaris) and the green sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis). Honor’s Thesis. Brown University.
Byrnes, J. 2001. The potential impact of an invasive acoel, Convoluta convoluta, in the Gulf of Maine. Honor’s Thesis. Brown University.
Chen, W. 2001. Avian predation in the intertidal: Impact of the Great Black-backed Gull, Larus marinus (Linnaeus), on crab abundance. Honor’s Thesis. Cornell University.
Kim, A. 2001. Encapsulation as protection from ultraviolet radiation for larval stages of the intertidal gastropod, Nucella lapillus. Honor’s Thesis. Smith College.
Kraft, N. 2001. The role of decapod predation in limiting the lower distribution of the intertidal snail Littorina littorea in the Gulf of Maine. Honor’s Thesis. Brown University.
Masters Theses & Ph.D. Dissertations
Simonis, J. 2012. (Cornell University) Ph.D. Dissertation
Burbidge, S. 2008. (Antioch New England) Thesis, Master of Science. Nest-site Selection and Response to Habitat Manipulation by Roseate Terns (Sterna dougallii) on Seavey Island, New Hampshire.
Morris, S.R. 1996. (Cornell University) Ph.D. Dissertation. The migration and stopover ecology of neotropical migrants on Appledore Island, Maine.
Morris, S.R. 1993. (Cornell University) Thesis, Master of Science. Patterns of stopover migratory passerines on Appledore Island, Maine: An analyses of banding records from 1983-1991.
Lyman, E. G. 1988. (UNH) Thesis, Master of Science. A Comparison of Island and Mainland Populations of the Muskrat, Ondatra zibethicus.
Doherty, K 1986. (UNH) Thesis, Master of Science. An evaluation of secondary wastewater treatment alternatives for saline domestic wastewater.
Montagnes, D. 1986. (UNH) The annual cycle of planktonic ciliates in the waters surrounding the Isles of Shoals, Gulf of Maine: Estimates of biomass and production.
McGill-Harelstad, P. A. 1985. (Cornell University) Ph.D. Dissertation. Mechanisms and Consequences of Interspecific Interactions among Gulls. 113 pp.
Weeks, H.J. 1985. (Cornell University) Ph.D. Dissertation. Ecology of the Three Spined Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus): Reproduction in rocky tidepools.
Lewis, S.J. 1982. (Cornell University) Ph.D. Dissertation. Effects of oil on avian productivity and population dynamics. 172 pp.
Boden, G.T. (Cornell University) 1977. Thesis, Master of Science. Some aspects of the ecology and growth of the brown seaweeds (Laminaria spp., Agarum spp., and Alaria spp.) in the Southern Gulf of Maine.
McGill, P.A. 1977. (Cornell University) Thesis, Master of Science. Breeding Ecology and Competition between Great Black-backed and Herring Gulls. 88 pages.
Kinner, Nancy 1976. (UNH) Thesis, Master of Science. An evaluation of the treatment of saline domestic wastewater using rotating biological contactor.
Martini, R.F. 1975. (Cornell University) PhD dissertation. Product development and nutritional evaluation of underutilized species of sharks.